Freetown Police make arrest after dozens of cars suffer damage from construction screws on roadway

FREETOWN, MA- According to Freetown Police, for the past couple of weeks, construction screws have been intentionally placed along a well-traveled section of South Main Street in Freetown’s Assonet Village. As a result, vehicles traveling along this section have sustained damaged tires and town’s highway department has spent a great deal of time removing screws from the roadway.

Today, at approximately 4:45 p.m., Freetown police officers arrested 56-year-old Peter Vasconcellos of South Main Street who resides within the section of roadway where the screws have been placed.

Vasconcellos is facing the charges of operating a vehicle after license revoked, operating a vehicle with revoked registration, and uninsured operation.

During an inventory of the vehicle, police located screws in a driver’s door compartment. Also, police located an open box of screws behind the center console. The screws are identical to those recovered from the roadway.

Police are continuing their investigation and are asking anyone whose vehicle tires sustained damage while driving along South Main Street to contact Detectives Patrick Lee or Kelley at 508-763-4017.